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The trademark glint

Posted by: Sarah on: October 24, 2006

The trademark glint
Originally uploaded by sarahmichelef.
Same expression, just about two years apart. She’s about to get up to something.

in which Shoshanna demands attention…

Posted by: Sarah on: October 29, 2004

Tonight’s weight: 986 grams! Shoshanna was reportedly an “angel” all day and her chart showed it – no respiratory alarms, contentedly ate 17 ml of milk all day (she was supposed to be getting 18, but there was an error somewhere along the way – they were going to up her at her midnight feed). [...]

The Trials and Tribulations of Shoshanna…

Posted by: Sarah on: October 20, 2004

We arrived just as Donna the respiratory therapist was finishing up with Shoshanna. Respiratory therapy was followed by bath time. Both of these things involve lots of getting messed with, so they made for a very cranky baby. Just because we had to add insult to injury, bath time was followed by weighing time, which [...]

More Kangaroo Care and a Daddy Diaper Change

Posted by: Sarah on: October 19, 2004

We’ve kind of figured out that when and if we get to do Kangaroo Care really depends on the nurse who’s working on any given day/evening. Susie is known as the “cuddle nurse” – when we got to the NICU, I wondered why there was a recliner at the foot of Shoshanna’s bed. You can [...]

Refed residuals, more food, and self-correction

Posted by: Sarah on: October 18, 2004

Another boring (in a good way) NICU visit. Shoshanna spent the day doing baby things – in other words, eating, sleeping, and growing. It’s on Mondays that they measure them – she’s grown another inch (so she’s now 15″ long)! She also weighed in at 861 grams last night! All that eating is doing her [...]



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